1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 419three score years and ten. The good feeling and good behavior whichreigned was very noticeable. The convention certainly marked a great stepforward in the "evangelization of the world in this generation." It wascertainly a great pleasure to have among us 4,000 of the cream of Americanstudents, all so earnest and so very much interested in this great cause.And Tennessee Alpha enjoyed especially meeting so many Phis from allover the countr>'.Ahimni Day was celebrated on March 22, by a smoker at the chapterhouse. Quite a number of alumni were present including several from otherchapters.The social event of the season for the university is the annual glee clubconcert. The entertainment was given at the Vendome Theater on March27. The second tier of boxes was occupied by the various frateirnities. Allthe boxes were beautifully decorated. The gallery was occupied by thefour girl's colleges in the city. Each section presented an ari'ay of collegecolors and pennants and the boys on the stage declare that those five hundredwhite shirt waists and brown heads were the prettiest sight thev eversaw. We are represented on the club by Bros. Howell, 'I'lnnon, Allen,Montgomery and Wright. Bro. Howell made a big hit with his comic songs.Bros. Montgomery and Wright rendered beautiful solos.We have had the pleasure of seeing at the chapter house quite often Bros.Colville and Mann, of Washington and Lee, who are now in business inNashville.The baseball season has opened and we have fine prospects for a goodteam. Bro. Hall is on the varsity and Bros. Poage and Allen, are on thescrub team while Bro. Manier is assistant manager. We have lost one seriesto the Nashville professionals and one to Cornell. We were glad to havewith us for a few days Bro. Dugan, assistant manager and Bro. Jennings,coach of the Cornell team.On March 15, the gym team gave their second annual exhibition in thegymnasium. It was well attended and has received many words of praise.The object of the team is to revive and keep up an active interest in gymnasiumwork. It seems to be having success. Bros. Poage, Hall, Noel,and Adams are on the team.Work on the track has just commenced. The team goes to New Orleansfor a meet with Tulane and will make several other trips. The S. A. A.meet will be held in Nashville again this year and it is expected that a largenumber of schools will participate. Bro. Proctor bids fair to breakthe polevault record and Bvo. Noel the hammer throw.Nashville, April 4, 1906.A. G. ADAMS, Jr,TENNESSEE BETA, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.At the opening of the spring term Tennessee Beta finds herself with fourteenmen of her last year's chapler answering to the roll call and expectsthe return of at least three more inthe near future. Bro. Monroe B. Lanierof Alabama Alpha has affiliated with us and we have initiated Lewis KemperWilliams of Patterson, La., and John Howell Shellon, of Dallas, Texas,whom we introduce to the fraternity with a great deal of pleasure. Both ofthese have brothers who are alumni of Tennessee Beta and we feel surethat they will make us as good men as did their brothers before them. Thetotal membership of the chapter at present is seventeen men. We havemade a prosperous start and the prospects are that it will continue.Sewanee, though handicapped as usual in getting the baseball squad intoshape on account of the late opening of the university, expects to turn out a